Current Season | Tickets | Donate | Audition | Email list
A Community of Voices
A Season of Illumination
2026-2027
Our 54th Season
Join us for this season of illumination, as the Choral Society takes you from the igniting sounds of sacred jazz and gospel sung, through the glowing music of our annual Christmas concert, to an enduring choral-orchestral masterwork, and ending with the afterglow of a joyful, interactive community “Big Sing.”
Sacred Jazz and Gospel
October 25, 2026
Annual Festival of Christmas Music
December 13, 2026
Verdi – Requiem
March 14, 2027
Second Annual Big Sing
May/June 2027 TBA
Click below for full details and to purchase tickets online, or download our season brochure:
Season Brochure
Season Sponsor
Outreach to Our Extended Family
Singing for a Lifetime
This fall, our long-standing Singing for Seniors outreach program takes an exciting new turn. Now christened Singing for a Lifetime, the program is open to adult singers of all ages, including individuals and groups from area church and other choirs, individuals and groups from area senior living facilities, and individual singers from across the region. Anyone with a love of singing and a desire for a refresh or to learn new techniques, this workshop is for you!
Changes to our previous format also include a more central Doylestown location, as well as consolidating to just one annual event in the fall. (There will be no spring event.)
This year’s workshop will be held on Saturday, November 14 at Doylestown Presbyterian Church, with lunch and music costs included in the fee. The clinician for the program will again be our own Claire Ma.
Workshop Leader Claire Ma
Voices of the Future
Voices of the Future is a classical singing competition held each spring. Sponsored by the Bucks County Choral Society, the competition is open to students in grades 9-12 who live or attend school in Bucks County.
Our next event:
Saturday, March 27, 2027
James-Lorah Memorial Home, Doylestown, PA
11:00am – 1:00pm
With Daniel Schwartz (soloist, choral conductor, voice teacher) as master teacher
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS MARCH 6, 2027.
2027’s Master Teacher Daniel Schwartz
Thank you to everyone who participated in the
Bucks County
Community Big Sing
Saturday afternoon, May 30, 2026
This project was made possible in part by a mini-grant from Bucks250PA.
Our Choir
Audition for the choir
We are now planning auditions for the first two Tuesdays in January with openings in all parts! Click “read more” below to find out more about membership and apply for an audition time. read more…
Audio and video clips
Hear what we sound like in a wide variety of musical styles. For audio and video clips of Choral Society performances, click here...
Repertoire and collaborations
Innovative programming, major works, collaborations with choirs all over the world: here are complete lists of repertoire and partners since 2000. read more…
Our volunteer leadership
Meet our Board of Directors and Choir Council who keep us going and make sure ‘the trains run on time’ (Choir President Susan McDonnell and recent Board Chair Amy Schmidt pictured above) read more...
Our staff
Our professional musical staff includes Artistic Director Thomas Lloyd, Assistant Conductor Susan Johnson, accompanist Tim Harrell, and a quartet of section leaders. read more...
Our history and mission
Read about how our choir started in 1973 and how our mission has carried us forward since then! read more…
Our Music: shared resources for learning
A History of the African-American Spiritual
An extended multi-media website on the history of the African American Spiritual. read more…
A listener’s guide to
Cesar Franck’s The Beatitudes
Elgar’s The Apostles
A multi-media walk through the unique history of both the music and the composer of this late-Romantic masterwork. read more…
Berlioz Requiem
A podcast with musical excerpts comparing Berlioz' setting of the requiem texts those of Mozart and Verdi. read more…
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor
An introduction to what Bach saw as the summa of his life’s work. read more…
St. Matthew Passion
An introduction to what Bach saw as the summa of his life’s work. read more…
Your Support
Your gift makes a difference!
Your contribution will help assure that the Choral Society can continue to play a pivotal role in the artistic vitality of Bucks County, bringing together outstanding professional and avocational musicians in performances of great music from across the stylistic spectrum (and without the commute time or expense to New York or Philly!) read more…